circuit bending

The modification of electronic toys and synthesizers to make glitches and unique sounds using potentiometers, body contacts and switches

Me: How did Reed Ghazala actually come up with circuit bending?
Robbie: I don’t know, but I heard he used the term in the late 1990s.

Me: Yeah. I would like to try it out sometimes.
Robbie: I know what’s a great thing to circuit bend. A Casio SK-1 or other vintage Casio keyboard.
Me: Or even a Speak and Spell learning toy. It can also do great but strange sounds and glitches.

by bluestinger66 November 7, 2022

Toxic bounding

When someone bounds you down as a toxic person to keep you around and play you as the bad person

They were toxic bounding them to play victim

by Unicorn Flesh January 17, 2023

Pair Bonding

Oh wow! A porn girl is invoking pair bonding!? Holy shit the red-pill is kicking in!

Hym "So... Watching porn affects a man's ability to pair bond... But banging a bunch of fat-cocks... Doesn't have an effect on pair bonding? What!? SO... She won't date a porn guy. She's too good to date a porn guy... Why? Probably pre-selection. If you have to watch porn, women probably aren't throwing themselves at you, if women aren't throwing themselves at you then you probably don't have a fat cock, and (in the words of Kevin Samuels) if you don't have a fat cock what reason does she have to sleep with you? Other then supplementary income (obviously). Hilarious! She hit the red pill guys with the uno reverse!"

by Hym Iam February 23, 2024

Gold Bonding

Also known as Boy Bonding.

When a bunch of guys get ina circle and pass around Gold Bond. Everyone puts in their hand the reaches down their pants, and puts it on their balls.

Afterword everyone shakes hands

We're definitely gold bonding at the bachelor party!

by Gidonidus May 20, 2024

James Bonding

When two men use a double sided dildo named James. It then becomes a bonding experience

Hey Dave I haven’t seen you in a while, want to hang out this weekend? We can do some James Bonding!

by BootyFinga December 12, 2024

Cult binding

(1) When someone is so enforced in a cult it feels like it’s someone being controlled or “binded” to it.
(2) When one tries to manipulate someone into joining a cult being the “binder”.

“Someone tried to force me to be in Scientology, that seems like a ‘cult binding’ scam.”

by ND1299338 February 5, 2026

Shadow Banding

A reactive emotional pattern that develops in response to the rubber band effect. When one partner repeatedly snaps back into the relationship, the other—wary of the cycle—begins forming secret emotional or romantic connections. Shadow banding is the quiet stretch: a hidden coping mechanism born from mistrust, grief, or emotional exhaustion. It’s not about cheating—it’s about survival when the relationship feels unstable or unsafe.

After she came back and ran off the girls I was dating, I started shadow banding—keeping quiet connections just in case she left again.

by Briton Phillip September 3, 2025